Job no: 946311
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Glenside – Jamie Larcombe Centre
Salary $130,190 - $136,010 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN/M3| Full-Time Position Until August 2027
Nurse Consultant | Lead Inpatient Care for Veterans & Emergency Services
The Jamie Larcombe Centre at Glenside is South Australia's dedicated inpatient mental health service for veterans and emergency service personnel, and this Nurse Consultant role sits at the heart of that specialist care. Based within SALHN, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary inpatient team, working with a patient group that carries unique and complex needs.
About the role:
Reporting to the Nursing Director, this role is responsible for providing expert clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation across the Jamie Larcombe Centre inpatient unit, supporting the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, trauma-informed mental health care to veterans and emergency service personnel.
Duties for the role will include:
Integrate contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that is expected at this level e.g. Expert clinical knowledge underpins and informs their ability to support, lead and/or provide expert clinical care to improve and optimise nursing/midwifery care,
Provide direct, expert clinical nursing/midwifery care, select and implement different therapeutic interventions, provide individual case management to a defined population of patients/clients and evaluate progress,
Use available information systems: to inform decision making, to implement and co-ordinate processes for quality improvement, to monitor and analyse incidents and accidents, to ensure quality and safety is not compromised, to evaluate outcomes and convey information to staff,
Contribute to the development of, implementation of, and monitoring of corporate policies and processes and lead in their area of expertise,
Management of resources with due diligence,
Hold a contemporary professional practice portfolio containing evidence of postgraduate qualifications, learning and practice experience that underpin a demonstrable application of knowledge and skills commensurate with the level and type of practice expected of the role
About you:
Registered as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds a current practicing certificate. Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice,
Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team,
Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines,
Demonstrated ability to foster a workplace environment that develops staff potential,
Registered Nurse and or Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
Want To Know More? Contact: Mark Wilcock, Nurse Manager, 0475 819 944,
[email protected]
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 16 August 2026
Attachments:
RN3 Nurse Consultant Role Description
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
Applicant Information:
We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 946311
Advertised: 29 Jul 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 16 Aug 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
